Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)

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2010s film American film British film fantasy film feature film

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a fantasy film set in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World that follows magizoologist Newt Scamander’s adventures in 1920s New York after his magical creatures escape.

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Label	Occurrences
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	19
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film) canonical	11
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016 film)	2
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)	1
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (book)	1
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (uncredited role)	1

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Target entity: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
Context triple: [Wizarding World, hasPart, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)]

A. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is a 2018 fantasy film in the Wizarding World franchise that continues the prequel storyline to Harry Potter, focusing on dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald’s rise to power.
B. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is a 2022 fantasy film in the Wizarding World franchise that continues the conflict between Albus Dumbledore and dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald.
C. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth film in the Harry Potter series, following Harry’s deepening battle against Voldemort as he uncovers the dark past of Tom Riddle and the secrets of the mysterious Half-Blood Prince.
D. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 is the 2011 fantasy film that concludes the Harry Potter series with the final battle between Harry and Voldemort at Hogwarts.
E. Dumbledore's Army
Dumbledore's Army is a secret student organization at Hogwarts, founded by Harry Potter to teach practical Defense Against the Dark Arts and resist Dolores Umbridge and Voldemort's forces.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
Target entity description: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a fantasy film set in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World that follows magizoologist Newt Scamander’s adventures in 1920s New York after his magical creatures escape.

A. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is a 2018 fantasy film in the Wizarding World franchise that continues the prequel storyline to Harry Potter, focusing on dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald’s rise to power.
B. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is a 2022 fantasy film in the Wizarding World franchise that continues the conflict between Albus Dumbledore and dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald.
C. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth film in the Harry Potter series, following Harry’s deepening battle against Voldemort as he uncovers the dark past of Tom Riddle and the secrets of the mysterious Half-Blood Prince.
D. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 is the 2011 fantasy film that concludes the Harry Potter series with the final battle between Harry and Voldemort at Hogwarts.
E. Dumbledore's Army
Dumbledore's Army is a secret student organization at Hogwarts, founded by Harry Potter to teach practical Defense Against the Dark Arts and resist Dolores Umbridge and Voldemort's forces.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	2010s film ⓘ American film ⓘ British film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ feature film ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ
basedOn	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (book) ⓘ
boxOfficeGross	over 800 million USD ⓘ
budget	approximately 180 million USD ⓘ
character	Gellert Grindelwald ⓘ Jacob Kowalski ⓘ Newt Scamander ⓘ Percival Graves ⓘ Porpentina Goldstein ⓘ linked to: Queenie Goldstein Queenie Goldstein ⓘ
cinematographer	Philippe Rousselot ⓘ
composer	James Newton Howard ⓘ
costumeDesigner	Colleen Atwood ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
director	David Yates ⓘ
distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
editor	Mark Day ⓘ
filmingLocation	Leavesden Studios ⓘ Liverpool ⓘ
followedBy	Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald ⓘ
genre	adventure ⓘ drama ⓘ fantasy ⓘ
hasTagline	From J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	magical creatures ⓘ magizoology ⓘ wizard–No-Maj relations ⓘ
mpaaRating	PG-13 ⓘ
nominatedFor	BAFTA Award for Best Production Design ⓘ BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects ⓘ
partOf	Fantastic Beasts film series ⓘ Wizarding World franchise ⓘ linked to: Wizarding World
producer	David Heyman ⓘ J. K. Rowling ⓘ Lionel Wigram ⓘ Steve Kloves ⓘ
productionCompany	Heyday Films ⓘ Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate	2016-11-18 ⓘ
runtime	133 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	J. K. Rowling ⓘ
setInPlace	New York City ⓘ
setInTime	1926 ⓘ
setInUniverse	Wizarding World ⓘ
starring	Alison Sudol ⓘ Carmen Ejogo ⓘ Colin Farrell ⓘ Dan Fogler ⓘ Eddie Redmayne ⓘ Ezra Miller ⓘ Jon Voight ⓘ Katherine Waterston ⓘ Samantha Morton ⓘ
title	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ⓘ linked to: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
worldPremiereLocation	New York City ⓘ

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